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It is a settled principle of parliamentary law that when an assembly has decided a question, it is not permissible during the same session to introduce again the same question or one so similar that the action in the two cases would naturally be the same; but the vote deciding the question may be reconsidered under conditions described hereafter, page 80, and the action thereon may be modified or even reversed. So, also, it is an established rule that no question can be introduced so similar to one already introduced in the assembly and only temporarily disposed of (by being laid on the table, or postponed, or committed) that the adoption of the new motion would interfere with the freedom of the assembly in dealing with the previous motion when it again comes before the assembly. Rh